Pierluigi Paganini
April 28, 2013
LivingSocial data breach exposed 50 million customer records, the news is shocking and is circulating on the Internet since last Friday. On The internet is circulating the news of the LivingSocial data breach, an incident that menace the privacy of million of users and that rekindling the debate on the level of security provided by major service companies […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 24, 2013
Verizon has issued the “2013 Data Breach Investigations Report” that investigates on a series of documented data breaches. Verizon’s RISK Team, in collaboration with other 18 partners, has issued the “2013 Data Breach Investigations Report” that investigates on a series of documented data breaches. Since 2008 the company yearly publishes data related to principal incidents occurred during […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 13, 2013
The number of cyber attacks is increased in an impressive way, cyber criminals, hacktivists, independent and state-sponsored hackers are daily operating in cyberspace conducting more or less dangerous offensive. Everyone is exposed to concrete risks of cyber attacks, internet users, private business and government offices, that’s why is fundamental to have a clear idea on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 05, 2013
Surge in the value of , also increasing crimes related to the currency digital The most attentive readers and those who are interested in the main trends of virtual currency will surely have noticed the soaring of prices of Bitcoin in the last month, an inexorable growth motivated by a time of economic uncertainty on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2013
The week ended in the worst way for the security company Bit9 that last Friday announced that hackers had stolen digital certificates from its network and have utilized it to sign malicious code. Bit9 is a popular a company that provides software and network security services to a lot of important private firms and also to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2013
Despite simplicity of the schema phishing attacks have increased exponentially in the last years targeting every sector,both public and private. RSA’s October Online Fraud Report 2012 revealed a worrying scenario, phishing attacks increased up 19% over the second half of 2011, the total loss for various organizations has been estimated to $2.1 billion over the last […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 30, 2012
The year is ending and it’s very easy to read forecast for next year, experts are sure that we will assist to a sensible increase of state-sponsored attacks and to the raise of sophisticated malware, both cyber threats will exploit large scale channels such as mobile and social networks. The majority of forecast are focused […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 29, 2012
Another victim of cyber attacks, the UN nuclear agency International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that one of its servers was compromised by a group of hackers who claims to be anti-Israeli. The group of hackers who named itself Parastoo Farsi have exposed contacts for more than 100 nuclear experts and scientists, the word […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 20, 2012
Hacktivism attacks will not change Israeli policy but for sure their operations could represent a dangerous cyber threat for any government. Anonymous has started a cyber offensive against Israel to protest for the attacks on Gaza, the hacktivists have defaced and taken offline hundreds of websites, such as The Jerusalem bank and Israel’s Ministry of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2012
The world is holding its breath, the cyber threat is announced by the Anonymous group who has decided to celebrate November 5th in its own way, attacking a wide selection of targets. Anonymous celebrates Guy Fawkes Day, the British holiday commemorating a failed 17th-century plot to blow up British Parliament, with an incredible media operation, […]
